The list of advantages to cloud computing include lowered operational costs, greater technological flexibility and the ability to rapidly implement new systems or services. Gains in business continuity are an especially noteworthy attraction to cloud services, which operate via remote systems that remain running in the event of a local disaster, such as a hurricane ...

Choosing a vendor to provide cloud-based data warehouse services requires a certain level of due diligence on the part of the purchaser. This cloud data warehouse guide and checklist from TechRepublic Premium will help businesses choose the vendor that best fits its data storage needs based on offered features and key elements. From the guide: ...

Whether your organization uses Amazon S3, Dropbox, iCloud, OneDrive or another option, cloud data storage services enable collaboration, simplified governance and compliance responsibilities and provide built-in off-site backup advantages. Cloud storage accounts require regular administration and maintenance. As a best practice, someone should regularly review the organization’s file storage accounts. There’s much to remember. Periodic ...

Third-party cloud-based file storage applications such as Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive have all contributed to the success of business cloud data storage. The purpose of this policy from TechRepublic Premium is to provide guidelines for secure cloud data management to ensure the integrity and privacy of company-owned information. This policy can be customized as ...

TechRepublic Premium was at the NTT R&D Forum Tokyo 2023, November 14-17. NTT used the event to focus on generative AI, specific service systems, use cases and its IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network), which was launched in March of this year. In this feature, discover what IOWN means, get news on NTT’s partnership with ...

Many organizations still manage email infrastructure themselves using local, on-premise equipment. Such firms are a dying breed for a good reason: Cloud-based email solutions simplify administration, typically enhance security, provide broader ease of access and often lower total overall operating costs. Organizations that haven’t already migrated email service to the cloud, subsequently, are likely to ...

Regardless of what business or what industry you are in, the potential benefits of cloud computing and cloud computing services are self-evident. Whether you just need some basic off-premises storage or run your entire enterprise from the cloud, the benefits of scalability, convenience, predictability, availability and reliability are always just a few clicks away, or ...

This policy from TechRepublic Premium defines proper practices for using Microsoft 365 applications, sites and services whenever accessing, connecting to or otherwise interacting with organization systems, services, Teams sites, SharePoint portals, messaging, conferences, files and data. From the policy: No ‘nesting’ cloud file-storage service directories. No organization representative should ever install or locate a Microsoft ...

This OneDrive Cloud Usage Policy, courtesy of TechRepublic Premium, defines the practices and behaviors organization representatives must follow when using any Microsoft OneDrive cloud file storage account to execute organization services, process organization data, or access or store organization information. From the policy: No organization representative should ever install a personal OneDrive account on any ...